Te Ao Māori

When kapa haka performers say it takes blood, sweat and tears to reach the national stage, they mean it. Our reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui talks to performers who say they were pushed to their limits… Audio

Shannon Haunui-Thompson is at te matatini and talks about what kapa haka does for te reo, groups using the stage for delivering political messages and how Wellington is welcoming the kapa haka groups… Audio

Marcia Pohatu-Brown is the Kaitake Wahine (the women's leader) of the East Coast Kapa Haka group Hikurangi. This year was her first attending Te Matatini as a leader, but as Kathryn learns, the road… Audio

Kathryn speaks with tutor, winner and passionate advocate of Kapa Haka Trevor Maxwell. Trevor and his late wife Atareta tutored of Rotorua based kapa haka group Ngati Rangiwewehi for more than 15… Audio

Kathryn speaks with Te Matatini Chief Executive Director Carl Ross. With thirty years experience performing kapa haka competitively himself, including with many times winner Te Waka Huia, what does it… Audio

Kathryn Ryan and RNZ's Te Ahi Kaa presenter Justine Murray check in from Te Matatini, held every two years and showcasing the best kapa haka performances from around Aotearoa, this year being staged… Audio

Kapa haka groups are using the Te Matatini stage in Wellington to make a political statement to Parliament. From calls to honour the treaty, to promoting te reo Māori, and bungled treaty settlements -… Audio

Day two of Te Matatini is underway, with more of the country's top kapa haka groups set to take the stage. Te Manu Korihi reporter Shannon Haunui-Thompson joins Morning Report live from the festival.

The biggest kapa haka festival in the world has officially begun, with the first Te Matatini groups taking the stage in the capital today. People lined up outside Westpac Stadium from five o'clock… Video, Audio

Wellington iwi erupted in haka and song on Wellington's waterfront today as they welcomed thousands to the capital for Te Matatini - the biggest kapa haka competition in the country. The four-day… Video, Audio

46 of the best kapa haka groups will be welcomed to Wellington this morning for the national kapa haka competition,Te Matatini. 5,000 people are expected at the festival's opening powhiri at Waitangi… Audio

The crown is being accused of rushing to finalise the controversial Hauraki Settlement less than two months before a group of iwi will go to the Waitangi Tribunal to oppose it. Six iwi were granted an… Audio

Artists, Feeonaa Wall and Ani O'Neill talk about the collective of Pacific and Maori fashion designers, artists and performers whose work in Auckland gave rise to a new urban style in the 1990's. A… Audio, Gallery

More than 70 years of historic kapa haka film will be on display during the Te Matatini festival in Wellington. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision will be showcasing some of its treasure trove of waiata and… Audio

The Māori Council says the public servant who singled out 'Māori nationalist groups' as a violent threat to the public should be sacked. The New Zealand Herald reports that minutes from a meeting of… Audio

The national kapa haka festival Te Matatini takes place in Wellington this week. Performer Ngairo Eruera and judge Te Atarangi Whiu share their experiences of performing on stage alongside their… Audio